Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says the Tamil family in Christmas Island detention do not qualify as refugees and Australia “must maintain” strong border policy. “We must maintain a strict refugee intake regime, this family were not found to be refugees by the courts, now they are challenging that in the courts which is their right, but we've got to have those standards in place,” he told Sky News. “We’ve got a very consistent, yes, strict border control measures but it’s also been very successful, the rest of the world is looking to Australia (for) what they can do.”
Australia must keep its ‘consistent and strict border control measures’
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June 07, 2021
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